Timing is the tracking or planning of the spacing of events in
time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, t ...
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Timekeeping
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, t ...
, the process of measuring the passage of time
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Synchronization, controlling the timing of a process relative to another process
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Time metrology
Time metrology or time and frequency metrology is the application of metrology for time keeping, including frequency stability.
Its main tasks are the realization of the second as the SI unit of measurement for time and the establishment of tim ...
, the measurement of time
Timing in different fields
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Timing (comedy), use of rhythm, tempo and pausing to enhance comedy and humour
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Timing (linguistics)
Isochrony is the postulated rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language. Rhythm is an aspect of prosody, others being intonation, stress, and tempo of speech.
Three alternative ways in which a language can divide time are postu ...
, rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language
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Timing (music), ability to "keep time" accurately and to synchronise to an ensemble
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Color timing, photochemical process of altering and enhancing the color of an image
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Ignition timing
In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of a spark in the combustion chamber near the end of the compression stroke.
The need f ...
, timing of piston and crankshaft so that a spark will occur near the end of the compression stroke
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Market timing
Market timing is the strategy of making buying or selling decisions of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction may be based on an outlook of market or economic conditions resulting fro ...
, by attempting to predict future market price movements
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Memory timings (or RAM timings), measure of the performance of DRAM memory
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Valve timing, the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine
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